EEUG

About “European EMTP-ATP Users Group e.V.” Association (EEUG Ass.)

“European EMTP-ATP Users Group e.V.” (EEUG e.V.) was established in 1994 as an Association registered at the local court Offenbach am Main, Germany. The purpose of the EEUG Association recognized as public-benefit organization by the tax office is to organize courses, meetings, publish a newsletter, to act as a communication centre for ATP-EMTP users, as well as to coordinate the program distribution. EEUG News, official newsletter of the Association, is published regularly. Besides technical papers, rubrics such as Reader’s Corner, Program Information, People and Profiles, Tips and Tricks are included in this newsletter.

The constitutive meeting was held in 1994 in Hanover, Germany, where the foundation members accepted the Charter.

The current Executive Board consists of the following elected members:

• Chairman: Prof. Dr. Hans Christian Hoidalen, Trondheim University of Technology, Norway

• Deputy Chairman: Prof. Dr. Thomas Hunger, University of Applied Sciences Mannheim, Germany

• Secretary: Dr. Delcho Penkov, Schneider-Electric, France

• Treasurer: Fr. Gunter Lichtenberger, DNV, Germany

• Member: Prof. Dr. Harald Wehrend, Univiersity of Applied Sciences Kiel, Germany

• Member: Dr. Andrea Mansoldo, DNV, Dubai

• Member: Dr. Kostas Velitsikakis, Tennet, The Netherlands

Following membership dues were accepted by the Members’s Meeting in Zwickau, Germany on September 18, 2012, differentiating between commercial entities and universities:

− EUR 250 for universities

− EUR 600 for all other entities

Members receive free updates -included in the membership dues- of the ATP program and other related programs as well as of the ATP Rule Book each year. EEUG has supported until now the development of software PCPlot for Windows and ATP Control Centre running under MS Windows 9x/NT/2K/XP and available only for the members. EEUG has been supporting further development of ATPDraw and PlotXY. All programs are distributed on a CD-ROM with automatic installation routines for MS Windows 9x/NT/2K/XP/Vista/7. Another activity of the EEUG is the updating and conversion of the ATP Rule Book into electronic form, i. e. into Adobe Acrobat format (PDF files).

The annual European EMTP-ATP Conference is comprised of the EEUG Meeting and one-day short course. The EEUG Meeting which consists generally of two parts; annual Members’ Meeting and technical sessions. The technical sessions and the Members’ Meeting are open to all licensed ATP-EMTP users, whereas only EEUG members are authorized to vote for decisions at the Members’ Meeting. An EEUG course accompanies the EEUG Meeting almost every year. Until now, following EEUG meetings and courses have been held by the EEUG Association:

1. Constitutive EEUG Meeting in 1994 in Hanover, Germany

(Co-organizer: University of Hanover and Osnabrueck University of Applied Sciences)

2. EEUG Meeting 1995 and one-day MODELS Course in Hanover, Germany

(Co-organizer: Osnabrueck University of Applied Sciences and University of Hanover)

3. EEUG Meeting 1996 in Budapest, Hungary

(Co-organizer: Budapest University of Technology and Economics)

4. EEUG Meeting 1997 and three-days ATP course on Overvoltages and Insulation Coordination Studies in Barcelona, Spain

(Co-organizer: University of Catalonia)

5. EEUG Meeting 1998 and one-day ATP course on Frequency domain harmonic analysis in Prague, Czech Republic

(Co-organizer: Czech Technical University)

6. EEUG Meeting 1999 and one-day ATP course on Efficient use of ATP and modelling of transformers with saturation in Gizzeria Lido/Calabria, Italy

(Co-organizer: University of Calabria)

7. EEUG Meeting 2000 and one-day ATP course on Frequency-dependent line and cable modeling in Wroclaw, Poland

(Co-organizer: Wroclaw University of Technology)

8. European EMTP-ATP Conference - EEUG Meeting 2001 and one-day course on FACTS devices and their modeling using ATP in Bristol, United Kingdom

(Co-organizer: University of the West of England)

9. European EMTP-ATP Conference - EEUG Meeting 2002 in Sopron, Hungary

(Co-organizer: Budapest University of Technology and Economics)

10. European EMTP-ATP Conference - EEUG Meeting 2003 and one-day EEUG course on ATPDRAW, MODELS, hierarchical and multilevel modeling in Graz, Austria

(Co-organizer: Graz University of Technology)

11. European EMTP-ATP Conference - EEUG Meeting 2004 and one-day EEUG course on Modeling Rotating Machines & Transformers in ATP-EMTP in Trondheim, Norway

(Co-organizer: Norwegian University of Science and Technology)

12. European EMTP-ATP Conference - EEUG Meeting 2005 and one-day EEUG course on Protection Modelling With ATP and ATPDesigner in Warsaw, Poland

(Co-organizer: Warsaw University of Technology)

13. European EMTP-ATP Conference - EEUG Meeting 2006 and one-day EEUG course on Modelling & Simulation of Power Electronic Devices With ATP-EMTP in Dresden, Germany

(Co-organizer: Technical University of Dresden)

14. European EMTP-ATP Conference - EEUG Meeting 2007 and one-day EEUG course on Advanced Use of ATPDraw for Transient Studies in Leon, Spain

(Co-organizer: University of Leon)

15. European EMTP-ATP Conference - EEUG Meeting 2008 and one-day EEUG course on Transient case Studies using ATPDraw-EMTP in Cesme, Izmir, Turkey

(Co-organizer: Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir)

16. European EMTP-ATP Conference - EEUG Meeting 2009 and one-day EEUG course on Modelling of Wind and Photovoltaic Generators with ATP-EMTP and ATPDraw in Delft, the Netherlands

(Co-organizer: Delft University of Technology)

17. European EMTP-ATP Conference - EEUG Meeting 2010 and one-day EEUG course on Issues in Modelling Transformers, Maschines and their controllers using ATPDraw in Espoo Otaniemi, Finland

(Co-organizer: Aalto University, School of Science and Technology)

18. European EMTP-ATP Conference - EEUG Meeting 2011 and one-day EEUG course on Transformer Modelling and Ferroresonce Phenomena in Ohrid, Rep. of Macedonia

(Co-organizer: University Sts Cyril and Methodius in Skopje, Faculty of Electrical Engineering and IT)

19. European EMTP-ATP Conference - EEUG Meeting 2012 and one-day EEUG course on Transient Recovery Voltage Analyses in generator applications and Advanced features in ATPDraw in Zwickau, Germany

(Co-organizer: Faculty of Electrical Engineering and Forschungs- und Transferzentrum e.V. at the University of Applied Sciences Zwickau)

20. European EMTP-ATP Conference - EEUG Meeting 2013 and one-day EEUG course on Advanced Cable Modelling Using EMTP-ATP in Dublin, Ireland

(Co-organizers: ESB International (ESBI) and Eirgrid, Dublin)

21. European EMTP-ATP Conference - EEUG Meeting 2014 and one-day EEUG course on Power Electronics in Electrical Power System in Cagliari, Italy

(Co-organizers: M2EC Consultancy for Power System Studies, Cagliari, Italy)

At present, the EEUG Association has about 200 members, which are composed of universities and companies in equal proportions. As explained in the paragraph § 2 “Purpose” of the Charter, the association will act primarily as a communication centre for its members. Any Institution that is willing to join the Association must have a valid license for the use of ATP-EMTP program. Licensing means the Applicant agrees with the licensing term by signing License Agreement.

The ATP-EMTP program is not a public domain software and it is available via password protected EEUG file server. Printed materials (Rule Book, Theory Book, User Manuals) can be ordered from EEUG by filling in the appropriate Order Forms.

Anyone who got a license may subscribe to the ATP-EMTP Mailing List in Internet, connecting about 2000 ATP users all over the world. The mailing list as well as EEUG file server which enables licensed users to download ATP related materials are operated by the EEUG.

Should you have any further questions, please contact:

EEUG e.V.

c/o Prof. Dr.-Ing. Harald Wehrend

University of Applied Sciences Kiel

Faculty of Computer Science and Electrical Engineering

Grenzstraße 5

D-24149 Kiel, Germany

Email: wehrend@eeug.org